Polymers and Plastics - Structural materials

The primary categories include:General interest, Polymers and plastics, and Rubber. By selecting one of these categories, the second level of choices appears. For example, in Polymers and plastics, the second level choices include: Additives, Applications, Chemical characterization, Chemistry (polymer types), Environment protection, Health & safety, Formulations, Modeling & computation, Properties, Processing methods, Recycling, Structural materials, and Testing methods. Selection of the second level choice gives many third level choices, including 85 different groups of publications on a particular subject.

Daniel Klempner and Kurt Frisch, Editors, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85957-275-7This book presents reports on state-of-the-art developments in the field of urethane science, written by experts in their field. This volume is extensively illustrated and referenced.

S.K. De and J.R. White, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85957-262-7The book will serve the needs of those who are already in the rubber industry and new entrants to the field who aspire to build a career in rubber and allied areas. Materials Science students and researchers, designers and engineers should all find this handbook helpful.

M.J. Forrest, Rapra Technology Ltd, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85957-333-4This review outlines each technique used in plastics analysis and then illustrates which methods are applied to obtain a particular result or piece of compositional information. Around 400 abstracts from the Polymer Library database accompany this review, to facilitate further reading.

Prof. E. Abdel-Bary, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85957-338-9The understanding of the nature of plastic films, their production techniques, applications and their characterisation is essential for producing new types of plastic films. This handbook has been written to discuss the production and main uses of plastic films.

Conference Proceedings, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85957-318-1Addcon World is the established additives, modifiers and compounding conference. Running for the last seven years the two day conference focused on the technical advances and issues facing the plastic additives and modifiers industry. This year’s conference provided the best opportunity to hear the latest developments and discuss the future possibilities of the additives business.

C. Kröhnke and F. Werner, Clariant Huningue, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85957-285-6In this review, the authors describe the main types of stabilisers with the focus on those categories for polyolefins. They also elucidate some of the physical and chemical aspects of such products when incorporated into the polymer matrix, discussing stability during weathering, heat ageing and processing. Examples of the stabilisation of a variety of different articles are presented to reinforce the points discussed. The review is supported by several hundred relevant abstracts selected from the Rapra Abstracts database